Faucet



(No Model.)

G. W. HILLIARD.

FAUOET.

No. 249,046. Patented Nov. 1,1881.

by l TOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HILLIARD, OF BRIGHTON, ILLINOIS.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,046, dated November 1, 1881.

Application filed August 23, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HILLIARD,

a citizen of the United States, resident of Brighton, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side ele vation of my improved faucet, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side view of the key, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section thereof.

This invention relates to faucets, cocks, and the like; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the key in connection with the flow-pipe, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the pipe of the faucet, and B the key of the same. This key B has the usual flow-openings, O O, which, when aligned with the bore of the pipe, will permit the flow of the liquid.

My improvement consists in providing an opening or slot, D, in one side of the key, between the openings 0 C, so that when the key is turned to cut off the flow of the liquid the slot or opening I) will be in the line of the dis- (No model.)

charge, and will permit the liquid which usually remains in the faucet-key to be discharged through said slot D.

The object of this improvement is to prevent damage to the faucet by having the liquid remaining in the ordinary faucet congealed therein, which usually occasions bursting of the faucet, and frequently more serious damage, in cold weather.

I am aware that a three-way cock has been used in a steam-plug, but in this instance the cock cylinder has a side passage, so that the flow can be diverted. In my device the faucet is the usual one,and has only the direct passage. The faucet being closed, there could be no diverted flow, and hence the desired drip is certain.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improvement in faucets, the combination, with the pipe A, having only a direct passage, of the key B, having the slot 1) between the flow -opeuings O (J, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimonythat 1 claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WELD H ILLIARI).

Witnesses:

HARRISON NU'r'rER, OSCAR A. CHASE. 

